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Copyright 1987, Robert S. Blacher.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  Permission is
hereby granted to reproduce and disseminate so long as:  (1) No
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[12-31-86]

ODASST.ARC     144384  12-31-86  Organization Diagnosis expert system v1.0
U/L by David Geerinck.  Oh, the jargon some of us use in our professions!
Get a load of this quote from the doc:

"The Organization Diagnosis Assistant ...  is an expert system shell and
related utilities that helps an executive to (1) diagnose his/her
organization so that s/he can create programs or system that will address
certain dimensions of the organization in an Organization Development
change program; (2) experiment with the various dimensions s/he may want to
address in an organization development program and see the effects prior to
even implementing the program or system via a simulation; (3) learn and
explore the "what if's" of an organization from the perspective of a human
resources professional."

If you can read the above without your eyes glazing over, this is probably
your program.  If not ....

TAXPLAN4.ARC    15360  12-31-86  Lotus worksheet to compute 86-87-88 taxes
U/L by Rowland Archer.  Version 1.4 of a WKS that will compute your taxes
for the 3 years indicated.  Assuming the author's information and formulae
are correct, this is an easy to use and helpful planning tool.  It may also
foment a taxpayer's rebellion as many folks figure out the tax increase
they're going to suffer during the 1987 "transition" year!

SYORG10.ARC     63488  12-31-86  Calendar, to-do list in SYMPHONY worksheets
U/L by Rowland Archer.  To me, a symphony is something for which one goes
to the Kennedy Center.  In short, I don't have the program so can't
evaluate this file.







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BB645.ARC      130048  12-31-86  Text editor/macros/windws/TSR opt/v6.45 12/86
Where has this editor been hiding?  "Black Beard" 5.15 was only just
uploaded, and now here's 6.45.  Perhaps, this program is not making the
rounds of the boards because of its absolutely hideous name, which
undoubtedly makes all sysops, including me, nervous?  Yet, it apparently is
a perfectly legitimate shareware product.  Well, anyway, here it is, with a
raft of bug fixes and even a simple "dumb" terminal mode.  There's
obviously a lot of work going into this program by the author.  How about
spending five minutes, fella, coming up with a better name and getting rid
of the pirate logos in the documentation and elsewhere?  U/L by Stephen
Falatko.

OMEGA.ARC       54078  12-31-86  Omega-Term X/Ymodem /small/ v1.00
A first release of a new comm program written in assembler (but no source
included -- drat) implementing single-file Ymodem and Xmodem/CRC transfers.
No terminal emulation, and not much else to distinguish it from quite a few
others except its size -- the executable is less than 30K and it runs in
128K RAM.  As with any first release, there are some bugs, but it looks
basically sound.  Note:  The documentation is truncated at the end of the
glossary and before the index, although the arc was valid.  It won't affect
your use of the program as the docs are barely necessary anyway).  U/L by
Stephen Falatko.

PCO323.ARC     120413  12-31-86  PC-Outline! 3.23SW 12/15/86 X'cllnt Shareware
                       12-31-86  Only change since 1.08C is Maxthink to PCO
                       12-31-86  conversion prgm/Now owned by Brown Bag SW
Well, congratulations to Brown Bag Software for finally getting their act
together.  After they bought PC-Outline from John Friend, the shareware
versions they distributed were a mess --- a result of a very half-assedly
done conversion of the program to try to make it look just a little
different.  With this release, they've stopped that nonsense.  The program
is PCO.EXE again, it looks for *.PCO outline files, etc. (no more of this
*.BBO stuff that was implemented in only some of their files and led to
confusion).
All that being said, there is absolutely NOTHING different about this
version of PC-Outline! as compared to John Friend's last release (1.08C)
except that the shareware price is higher and you're told to send the money
to Brown Bag Software, of course.  If you already have 1.08C, there is no
reason to download this new version.  There is one new utility in the
package that converts Maxthink outlines to PCO format, and if folks who
have 1.08C need that util, I'll happily break a copy out of the arc for
you.
U/L by Brian Miller.







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CLIPTIPS.ARC    23808  12-31-86  Clipper tips and topics from NPN on Source
U/L by Carl Slutter.

LIST569B.ARC    14048  09-02-86  Last "small" (6K RAM) version of Buerg's LIST
Vern Buerg was kind enough to send this along the other day.  It contains
the last "small" version of LIST before many new features were added to the
program and it became "Son of LIST" (current version is 6.0J).  LIST 6.0J
requires a minimum of 64K RAM in which to operate; LIST 5.69B will run with
6K of RAM free, and is thus useful in small multi-tasking partitions
(exactly the need I had for it).  I've put it on the system for those few
of you who have a similar need, and dated it with its release date so folks
who do a "N"ew search won't be confused.

[12-30-86]

ELMUPDT1.ARC    29696  12-30-86  Update #1 Shell script for ELM 1.1
ELMUPDT2.ARC    22528  12-30-86  Update #2 Shell script for ELM 1.1
ELMUPDT3.ARC    17408  12-30-86  Update #3 Shell script for ELM 1.1
U/L by Ed Clarke.  Three shell scripts that will correct various bugs, etc.
in the ELM front end for the Unix mail system that is available here, an
excellent package.

DCWHERE.ARC     14620  12-30-86  Full-scrn WHEREIS/multi-drives/attribs search
U/L by Ed Hopper.  A full-screen, kind of colorful, WHEREIS program that
automatically searches across multiple drives (at least it did when I ran
it here and I sure didn't tell it to go looking anywhere -- came as a heck
of a surprise to me!).  In addition to flexible DOS wildcard specs, you can
also tell this program to search for files with certain attributes.  Nice.

DMA.ARC          5730  12-30-86  Turbo Pas INC for direct screen writes
U/L by Dan Severance.

NRU.ARC         16194  12-30-86  Rico Utils/free mem/disk/chmod/mode/etc 122086
U/L by Paul Kopit.  Looks to be a nicely done, multi-purpose, all-in-one,
get-rid-of-all-them-other-little-programs-on-your-disk, program (phew!).
The price you pay for having them all combined here is some extra
keystrokes in invoking the program, but that could be dealt with by BAT
files or CED/PCED synonyms.







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[12-29-86]

TEMPDOOM.ARC    58368  12-29-86  Lotus 123 (1A & 2) tutorial WKS game/partial
U/L by Melvin Douglas.  "Templates of Doom is an interactive adventure game
tutorial for Lotus 1-2-3 version 1a, 2 and compatibles.  This is a
demonstration version consisting of 3 of the 16 Adventure Templates, a
score card and an instruction template."

MH1227A.ARC    131072  12-29-86  Mankin's MiniHost BBS system 12/27/86 /Ymodem
U/L by Ed Johnson.  Latest revisions:
12-27-86:
Ymodem implemented...  PCPurcuit'ers rejoice! (now lets see if it works...)
12-22-86:
Added feature to read (Y)our Private Mail.
Added TIMELIMIT=60 for those who require time limits.

COMMENT: At least the addition of Ymodem isn't trivial.  There are nearly
daily updates to this program.

EMS_REPT.ARC    14780  12-29-86  Expanded Memory Report /Pages, handles, etc.
U/L by Loren Olson.  Gives just about identical info to the program in
DEMM.ARC and the latter comes with source code and is a whole lot smaller.
On the other hand, this is "prettier." Different strokes for ....

PC-KD322.ARC   171975  12-29-86  PC-KEY-DRAW 3.22 Graphics Ed/CAD/Slides
PC-KDLIB.ARC    79762  12-29-86  Sample pics, etc for PC-KEY-DRAW Lib 1
PC-KEY-DRAW is a bit of a puzzlement to me.  It's a very powerful graphics
screen creation program, similar in many respects to better known
commercial programs like PC Paint, etc.  that also can do high-res
graphics.  Yet, here's the latest version (I think) and it still comes with
BASRUN.EXE, meaning the author is still compiling it with BASCOM 1.0.  And,
this is a "try it and if you use it you'd better pay for it, or else"
program which, every time you exit from it, asks you whether you're
registered yet and waits for your answer (hitting any key is sufficient --
I wondered if I was going to get an insult when I answered [N]o -- I
didn't).  The docs for the BBS version are expurgated, a euphemism for
crippled -- if you want full documentation, you have to register.  In
fairness, I must say I've seen much more severe cases of doc crippling
(Fansi Console being the first example that comes to mind).  As far as I
can tell, the program itself is not crippled at all.  Finally, would you
believe the registration fee is $100?  Is that really in the shareware
ballpark?







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DSZ1222.ARC     33584  12-29-86  Z/Ymodem module/run frm other comm prgs 122286
This one works (restores the comm port properly on exit back to the
original comm program), unlike earlier versions of DSZ that I had tried.
Downloaded today direct from Tele-Godzilla (can you believe that name for
Forsberg's BBS), this is even the current version, and that's likely to
remain true for at least a couple of more hours <grin?>.  DSZ can be
invoked via DOS shell, etc.  from other comm programs, and adds Ymodem
(single file and batch) and Zmodem (don't ask -- the protocol doc is on the
system) capabilities to that program.  Oh, what the hell -- Zmodem is yet
another sliding-windows type xmodem family protocol, designed to deal with
delays on packet nets, etc.  It's nifty (I use it for batch xfers with a
Unix computer) but, in my experience, slower than Ymodem on regular lines
where there are no (noticeable) packet delays.

ALTER2.ARC       2665  12-29-86  Change file(s) dates and/or attributes v2.20
A very easy to use program, with excellent command-line syntax, for
changing the date, time, or attributes of any file.  Wildcards are
supported and the program is fast and small.

RESLOG.ARC      15360  12-29-86  Gans' mem-res disk/pgm activity logger
U/L by Pete Olympia.  Once you activate this, it starts logging to disk the
start and stop time of every command you enter (not just DOS commands,
programs, too.).  There are several other programs of this type on the
system, but this one is fairly easy to use and has pretty decent reporting
capabilities.  [I hate to keep sounding like an ad for Chris Dunford's
PCED, but command logging is built-in to PCED and as I already have PCED
loaded anyway, I'd be a lot more likely to activate its logging capabilties
then to start up any other program.]

RESPRO.ARC       7168  12-29-86  Gans' do-it-all TSR manager/controller
U/L by Pete Olympia.  Loaded prior to any other mem-res program, this one
will, upon hitting Alt-`, show you what's in memory and allow you to
de-activate one or more of your mem-res utils.  They can later be activated
again. No memory is released on deactivation, and the use is presumably
when something mem-res is causing a conflict so you want to disable it
temporarily.  You can also remove programs from memory, but you have to do
that one at a time, last loaded first, of course.  Somewhat similiar in
concept to Kokkonen's MARK and RELEASE programs, this program by Eric Gans
has additional capabilities but is, to me, clumsier to use.  It also uses
10K of memory which is more than MARKs would unless you are using an awful
lot of them.  Plus, I usually put a MARK ALL before loading any mem-res
programs (and I load a ton of them on my work computer) and then can get
rid of them all at once with a RELEASE ALL command.  It's a lot more work
to do that with RESPRO.  Still, the additional capabilities here may be
useful to you.





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[12-28-86]

SOLVE-IT.ARC    72704  12-28-86  TSR Financial Calculations -- very complete
U/L by Rowland Archer.  31 financial calc routines with a nice, friendly
doc.  The version in this archive is the memory-resident version.  I gather
from the docs that there is also a non-TSR version, but it's not here.  In
any event, you can MARK/RELEASE this version if you wish (I tried it and it
works fine).

ARCUNIX2.FQX     4497  12-28-86  Unix source fixes to ARCUNIX2 as of 12-26-86
U/L by Ed Clarke.  Some mods to the Unix version of the ARC 5.1 compatible
Unix source that is on this system.  The Unix folks are not going to be
thrilled to hear that, just as they're on the verge of being able to
achieve compatibility with the DOS ARC format, someone has come along and
added yet another compression algorithm without releasing source code for
it, by which I mean "squash"ing as added in PKARC 2.0.

ADVBAS28.ARC    65536  12-28-86  v2.8 of new commands for BASIC Compilers
U/L and written by Tom Hanlin.  Update notes for this excellent collection
of routines that can be called from your compiled basic programs:
ADVBAS 2.8, 12/28/86:
     Assorted file control functions have been added.  MLOAD is a BLOAD
     command for compilers which don't include it.  EXIST lets you test
     for the existence of a given file.  A set of new file I/O functions
     allow low-level control of file access.  Among other advantages,
     these functions allow file handling in subprograms (since error codes
     are returned at the time of error, rather than triggering an error
     trap) and support file-level networking/multitasking control (whereas
     BASIC only supports record-level control).  These functions include
     FCREATE and FOPEN to open files, FREAD and FWRITE to access them,
     FSETEND and FSETREC to move the file pointer, and FCLOSE to close the
     file.







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CDD100.ARC       2321  12-28-86  Dunford's Change Drive & Dir /Best w/PCED
CDD F:\SUBDIR will not only log you from your current drive to the F:
drive, but will also move you into the specified subdir.  There are other
programs on this system that can do the same, but this one is very small
and fast (less than 1K).  More importantly, for users of Chris' PCED (the,
enhanced, commercial version of the CED program that is on this system),
CDD can be installed as a CED extension (CDD /I) at which point it might as
well be an internal DOS command -- it need not be in your path, and no disk
access takes place when the command is invoked.  As a user installed
command, CDD swallows a whopping! 768 bytes of memory <grin>.

I've added SYN 'CD' 'CDD' to my PCED configuration file and thus this
command completely replaces CD on my computer, shortening a lot of commands
(and other synonyms) to change drives and dirs.  NOTE:  Chris warns not to
try to MARK/RELEASE CDD, but you can put a mark in prior to CED itself at
which point, with one command, you can release CED and all extensions to
it.

SQSHINFO.DOC     4096  12-28-86  Info on squash algorithm used in PKARC 2.0
U/L by Dave Klein.  Well, here's some info at least on the new "squash"
algorithm that Phil Katz has added to PKARC 2.0.  Whether it's enough info
for other programmers to make their arc utils compatible (assuming they
think the new algorithm is good enough to deserve to be added to the ARC
repertoire) remains to be seen.  Until this all sorts itself out, let me
ask you again:  PLEASE do not use the new "squash" algorithm in PKARC 2.0
for files uploaded to this system.  If you insist on using PKARC 2.0, add
an /OC switch on the command line to prevent "squash"ing from being used,
e.g., PKARC /OC A TEST *.EXE.  That's not much fun to type, so you really
might as well continue to use PKARC 1.2 or ARCA 1.22 which are both on this
system.

CPRINT43.ARC    29696  12-28-86  Source code/ascii file print util v4.3
U/L by Craig Smith.  v4.3 - corrected a bug associated with lines which
start with a CR.

121V10.ARC      77824  12-28-86  PC-to-PC comm (CHAT during xfer) v1.0
                       12-28-86  Must run on both ends/not for BBS calling
U/L by Robert Holmgren.  A comm program that supports Xmodem transfers and
allows you to "chat" with the other side even while the file transfer is in
progress.  Both sides MUST be running this program, so it is not useful at
all for BBS communications, but you may find it very useful indeed if you
do one-to-one (got the name?) communications with others who could use this
package.







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PSET29.ARC      23040  12-28-86  Collection of printer setup programs
U/L by Bill Baer.

[12-27-86]

VERBACK.ARC     18432  12-27-86  Extensive DOS BACKUP verification 12/86
U/L by Gerhard Barth. "VerBack verifies that:
 o  All hard disk files are backed up on the floppies
 o  The data in all hard disk files is readable
 o  The data in all backup files is readable
 o  The data in the backup files exactly matches the data stored on
    the hard disk
 o  All special files used by the Backup and Restore commands are
    present on the backup floppies"

The BBS version is a subset of the commercial program, but presumably
contains all the above features.  I don't use DOS BACKUP/RESTORE and
haven't tried this program.

PIBASY42.ARC    53120  12-27-86  Async routines for Turbo Pascal, v4.2
U/L and written by Philip Burns.  Modified to deal with changes in the 3.02
version of Borland's TP compiler, particularly the new way "delay"s are
handled.  This is excellent code that many of you have used to create your
own Turbo Pascal communications programs.  It would be nice, to put it
mildly, if as Phil requests in the docs, some of you shared your
improvements and corrections.

PMCS12.ARC      41856  12-27-86  Poor Mans Catalog System for disks v1.2
U/L by John Dove.  A clever use of batch files and exisiting utils to
create a quick and dirty disk catalog system.  The problem is this arc
contains copies of programs that are all elsewhere on the system, and not
necessarily the most recent revisions (and even if they are today, as
things go, they won't be soon).  The major change in this revision is the
use of the multiple key sort capabilities of Bill Parke's SORTS program to
enhance the system.

[12-26-86]

RLLHINTS.ARC    11264  12-26-86  Step by step guide to install, format RLL HD
U/L by Bill Cochrane.

MASTER.ARC       4096  12-26-86  View base page interrupt settings in English
U/L by Bill Cochrane.







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TURBODGI.ARC    18432  12-26-86  Digi-Pic viewing program for DGI-2 files
U/L by Bill Wood.

CONV125.ARC     10240  12-26-86  Convert diff picture file formats, v1.25
U/L by Bill Wood.

RZSZ1ET2.ARC    51200  12-26-86  Unix RZ/SZ source code, 12-19-86 version
U/L by Ed Clarke.  Mr.  Forsberg is CONSTANTLY making minor, undocumented
revisions to all of his programs (Pro-YAM, ZCOMM, DSZ and the Unix RZ and
SZ programs which are in this arc).  I'd bet a nickel by the time you read
this that it's no longer the most current revision.

WAITIL.ARC       6784  12-26-86  BAT util/WAIT 'til specified time v1.0 w/ASM
U/L by Loren Olson.  Very similar in function to the older WAITUNTL batch
tool, this one comes with complete ASM source.

INCRBACK.ARC    20480  12-26-86  Incremental BACKUP system/list new files TP
U/L by Loren Olson.

FREE2.ARC       11264  12-26-86  Check free disk/mem space v.2 w/C srce-V.Bly
U/L by Tony Rood.  DeSmet C source and a fast, small program by Vince Bly
that gives you free space on any drive or a report on the amount of memory
available.

WSTIPS3.ARC      5120  12-26-86  WordStar tips 3rd edition Jul-Dec 1986
BASTIPS3.ARC    78848  12-26-86  BASIC tips 3rd edition Jul-Dec 1986
TURBTIP1.ARC    26624  12-26-86  Turbo Pascal tips 1st edition Jul-Dec 1986
LTSTIPS6.ARC    82944  12-26-86  Lotus 123 tips 6th edition Jul-Dec 1986
DB3TIPS3.ARC    15360  12-26-86  dBASE III tips 3rd edition Jul-Dec 1986
PCLAB2.ARC     137216  12-26-86  PC Mag PC Lab notes 2nd edition Jul-Dec 1986
U/L and edited by Dean Wood.  More "TIPS" from various magazines, as
collected and edited by Dean Wood.  See the TIPS bulletin on this system
for more info.

[12-25-86]

SETNOW0.ARC     12265  12-25-86  Set env DATE & TIME w/system clock w/ASM
U/L by Brian Miller.  Stuffs the current system date and time into
environment variables of the same name.  Useful in batch files for timing,
I suppose, but I suspect the ASM source will be more useful than the
program itself.  By the same author as SETDIR2.







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PCSTAT2.ARC      3840  12-25-86  Disk & mem free and more v2.0 12/24/86
U/L by Loren Olson.  We're not exactly short of this kind of program.
Well, here's another.

UPDATE53.ARC    93696  12-25-86  Backup New/Changed[/Old] files; many options
U/L and written by Robert Holmgren.  5.0 was a major revision, converting
this powerful backup utility to have a sweep-util type interface.  Changes
since 5.0:
5.1      2 Nov 86       Files Previously Deleted on Source Are Sought/Erased
                          on Target Disks ("Old CopyFiles" option only)
5.2     10 Nov 86       Fixes; refinements
5.3     13 Dec 86       Fixes; refinements

DBA0187.ARC     19456  12-25-86  Data Based Advisor 01/87 source
U/L by Bob Hicks.

VANILLA.ARC     76913  12-25-86  Plain Vanilla Utils Disk #2/Some winners 8/86
U/L by Bob Hicks.  There are some excellent utilities in this package.
There are also a few that are just awful.  The BACKUP utils are utterly
useless.  But, the change date and time util is very good, the clear screen
and leave blank util is useful, the MESSAGE program can create TSR pop-up
screens very easily (actually, more easily than POPEDIT2), and the
calculator program is quite good.  You may find others as well that you
think are useful.  The package is worth a look.

[12-24-86]

WORLDTIM.ARC    27990  12-24-86  World Time relative to city of choice
U/L and written by Ken Ong. Colorful display of world time map with the
ability to change the base city from which times are calculated.

BB515.ARC      113994  12-24-86  Text editor/macros/windows/TSR opt/v5.15 2/86
Hmm.. an editor named "Black Beard" with a pirate logo on the title page
tends to make one a bit dubious.  But, from all other outward appearances,
this is a legitimate shareware program and not a bad one at that.  A fairly
powerful editor, that can be run either ram-resident or not, with some
pretty advanced features.  The documentation ain't great, but it's
adequate.  If you register, you get the current version and a "Black Beard"
coffee mug.  What???  Does anyone have more info on this program?  U/L by
Stephen Falatko.







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RH-MAN.ARC      79105  12-24-86  'Right Hand Man'/SideKick clone/v3.3 8/86
This is an excellent SideKick-type program, but actually has quite a few
more features than SK.  Yes, it has a calculator, a notepad (nowhere near
as good as SK's), an ascii table, an appointment calendar (MUCH better than
SK's). No, it doesn't have a dialer.  But, it does have DOS commands, a
pretty good address book type program, an alarm/reminder capability, a
typewriter mode, macro capabilities, powerful import/export features and
more.  It can also be run ram-resident or not, configured for the amount
of memory to be used in resident mode, and the hotkey, colors, home dir,
etc. can all be configured.  It's not crippled at all and is well
documented, plus it has context sensitive on-line help.  It even has an
uninstall from memory command.  All in all, a winner, well worth a look if
you're not already a SK addict.  My only complaint, other than the
primitive editor compared to SK's, is the speed with which it writes to the
screen.  It isn't all that zippy on a 4.77MhZ PC.  On something faster, you
won't mind. U/L by Fred Bauer.

CBT.ARC        110692  12-24-86  Computer Based Training Language v3.01 3/86
" CBT is a language designed for the easy creation of Computer Based
Training.  CBT is intended for use by the non-programmer.  Programming
Demonstrations - You can use CBT to demonstrate the operation of a program
without needing to produce a single line of programming code.  Computer
Based Training - With CBT it is not necessary for a programmer to produce a
computer based training program. "   The only person I have to train to use
this computer is me (one of these days), but this program is
well-documented and looks professional. U/L by Fred Bauer.

MEMSUM31.ARC    35730  12-24-86  Mem-res: Tells total mem and amount free 3.1
A minor update to a mem-res program that tells you how much memory you have
free.  I still prefer the non-resident version of this program and it's
also on the system.  U/L by Stacy Hornstein.

THRASHER.ARC    43001  12-24-86  Test for optimum # of BUFFERS/ v1.0 12/86
This was uploaded as TRASHER.ARC and my first thought was "Oh my, better
get that one off of here for testing quick."  Actually, it was misnamed.
This is really just a disk read/write speed tester with some batch file
techniques for testing your HD's performance with BUFFERS set for different
values in CONFIG.SYS. U/L by Stacy Hornstein.







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DIRNLY11.ARC    45056  12-24-86  Chk if files on BBS dir's exist/ANY # files
U/L and written by Ken Goosens, DIRONLY compares a BBS's file dirs with the
files that actually exist on disk to make sure no listed files are missing.
Should work with RBBS and PCBoard and any other BBS program that keeps
dir files in similar format.  Major advantage over other programs of this
kind is that there is no limit on the number of files on the system that
this program can handle.  Quick Basic source code included.

PSSAMORT.ARC    34048  12-24-86  Loan amortization with schedule printing
U/L by Boyd Ellison.

IGNIT14.ARC     21760  12-24-86  Speeds boot/passwrd protctn/704K/more 1.4
U/L by James Bach. This program is for an IBM PC/XT or 100% compatible
(right down to the dip switches on the mother board) and that leaves me
out, so a quote from the doc will have to do:

"PC-IGNITION Starts your computer FAST, with Logon Security.  PC-IGNITION
can allow your computer to go from power-on to ready in 15 seconds, with
704k of ram, saving 78 seconds of computer startup time.  It will also give
your computer a hardware type of security, by restricting the full use of
your system unless PC-IGNITION is run using a valid password."

IBMAT6MB.ARC     4096  12-24-86  IBM Announcement - IBM AT 6MB combo card
U/L by Pete Olympia.  Boy, does Big Blue know how to charge.  Nice sounding
AT memory card, but get a load of them there prices.  Whooooweeeee!

FASTCHK2.ARC    16996  12-24-86  More info than CHKDSK and very fast v2
U/L by Sidney Kanter.  In addition to disk free and mem free stats, this
one also reports certain environmental variables and gives the status of
expanded mem as well.

[12-23-86]

A8618UP.ARC     21514  12-23-86  Update files only for A86 assembler v2.18
U/L by Stephen Falatko.  The latest version of this rather controversial
assembler.  This arc contains the updated COM file only; support files are
in the 2.16 arcs.  No indication in the arc as to what's been changed for
this version.

MH1217.ARC     128256  12-23-86  Mankin's MiniHost BBS system 12/17/86
U/L by Melvin Douglas.  And yet another revision:  "Fixed bug where a
change dir could not occur to logical drives greater than 'O'.  This is
necessary to accomodate file servers and when utilizing the ASSIGN
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WORLD2.ARC     111232  12-23-86  'The World' Map program v2.0 /Graphics
U/L by Melvin Douglas.  When WORLD 1.0 was first sent here quite a while
ago, I though it would be a yawn and few of you would be interested.  Shows
what I know --- it has been one of the most popular files on this system.
What are you folks doing with your computers?  Anyway, here's 2.0 with too
many changes to list.  WORLD is a very powerful map program, with a
unique 'zoom' feature to do a closeup of a selected area.  Graphics monitor
required, of course, and the higher the resolution the better.  Not my
personal cup of tea, but my hats off to the author for what must have been
a ton of work in accumulating and entering all the data.

DOSTIPS5.ARC    82944  12-23-86  DOS tips 5th edition July-December 1986
U/L and written by Dean Wood.  A continuation of Dean Wood's excellent
series of "Tips" culled from various magazines.  Subjects covered this time
include:  Creating and using DOS batch files; Changing colors from DOS;
Making the DOS environment better and faster; Better use of the DOS FIND
command; Renaming and redefining keys; Enhancing the keyboard;
Miscellaneous DOS tips; Printing from DOS.  If you know you read it
somewhere, but can't remember where, Dean's collection will help you find
it.

[12-23-86]

GUDLUK28.ARC    64000  12-23-86  GoodLook 2.8-Side by Side file compare
U/L and written by John Dove. Update notes:
2.8   Fixed a still minor bug as in 2.7.
      Added the ability to enter *.BAK as file 2 to use the filename of
         file1 with the new extension (filename.bak).  This includes the
         ability to use b:*.bak or b:\newpath\*.bak also.

MRE.ARC         20480  12-23-86  Simple, mem-res editor 1.0/Uses 98K RAM!
U/L by Bob Golgolab.  A very simple editor (no word wrap, reform, etc.)
that takes up an ungodly 98K of memory.  For gosh sakes, SideKick loads in
less memory than that and has a very full-featured editor.







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PKX34A20.COM    58368  12-23-86  Katz's ARChive utils: PKXARC 3.4 & PKARC 2.0
                       12-23-86  PKARC now uses a "squash" method that is
                       12-23-86  incompatible with other ARC programs: Please
                       12-23-86  do NOT use it for files uploaded to this BBS
   We've got a problem, folks.  This latest version of Phil Katz's archive
util adds a new variation of L-Z-W compression called "squashing."  The
claim is that it will reduce the size of text files by an additional 10%.
All well and good, but the new method is NOT compatible with SEA's ARC
program, which started all of this, or with other SEA compatible arc utils,
such as Vern Buerg's ARCA, ARCE and ARCV utils.  Equally important for this
BBS, PKARC 2.0 will produce archives that cannot be read by the ArcDoor
program on this system -- the program will simply abort if it runs into a
"squashed" file.
   The doc files provided with this new version of PKARC do not detail the
specifications for the squash algorithm, thus making it difficult, if not
impossible, for other programs to achieve compatibility.
   As a result, PLEASE DO NOT USE PKARC 2.0 TO CREATE ARCHIVES UPLOADED TO
THIS SYSTEM unless you use the /OC switch which prevents the program from
using the new squash method.  That's really a pain, so you might as well
continue to use PKARC 1.2, which will remain here for downloading, or Vern
Buerg's ARCA program (current version 1.22).
   One would hope that Phil Katz plans to release detailed specs, if not
actual code, for the new algorithm as soon as possible.  If and when he
does, it may be possible soon thereafter for other programs, including the
ArcDoor on this system, to achieve compatibility.  For now, again, PLEASE
don't use this program's new squash method for files uploaded here. U/L by
Spence Lloyd.

DEEZINE.ARC      9088  12-23-86  Help with transistor design (in basic)
U/L by Joe Markovich.

DM21.ARC        54784  12-23-86  Directory Master 2.1 11/18/86 Sweep Util
A capable sweep utility marred by no documentation (the on-line help is
good but hardly an adequate substitute) and a pyramid commission scheme
distribution method.  v2.1 released 10/29/86 was on this system; this is
version 2.1 released 11/18/86.  Got me.  I'll stick with QFILER, thanks.
U/L by Tom Cochran.

DOS31BUG.ARC     1664  12-23-86  Bug in PC-DOS 3.1/Single floppy systems
Details a bug in DOS 3.1 involving copies from the A: to B: drive on single
floppy systems.  U/L by Boyd Ellison.

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AUTOSAVE.ARC    14796  12-22-86  TSR: Timed save of work/config for any prgrm
Interesting program.  It's a mem-res utility that sits in background
waiting for an opportunity to jump in and save your work periodically when
you aren't keeping the machine busy.  The defaults are every 5 minutes when
it detects 30 seconds of keyboard inactivity, and those defaults cannot be
changed in this BBS version.  The program can be told the correct
keystrokes to save your work from just about any spreadsheet, word
processing or dbms program, or most anything else, and sample command lines
for popular programs are provided.  Does it help to describe this as an
automatic STACKEY sequence running as a timed event?  Probably not.  Oh
well, it's small.  Download and give it a try.

DDTIME.ARC      13312  12-22-86  Set & request DoubleDos time-sharing PAS/COM
A Program to set/report time sharing status of DDOS memory partitions, with
Turbo Pascal source. U/L by Brian Miller.

EDIR100.ARC     31744  12-22-86  Edit files' names, dates, dir order/Crippled
The more interesting features of this program, including the ability to
reclaim wasted subdir space, are crippled.  What's left is similar to
DIREDIT and ORDER (see below).  This file will be kept on the system a VERY
short time for those of you who want to see this demo.  U/L by James Bach.

WP42MSA.ARC     27648  12-22-86  Microsoft Mouse Menu for WordPerfect,Ver. 4.2
U/L by Lewis Paper.  Word Perfect 4.2 I have; a mouse, I don't.

[12-21-86]

DWC-A.EXE       60416  12-21-86  Another nonARC archiver/Alpha/12/19/86
U/L by Rahul Dhesi.  This is getting a bit complicated.  DWC is yet
another archive utility, patterned after, but incompatible with SEA's ARC.
That now makes 3, the third being ZOO.  The main advantages claimed for DWC
are speed and compression efficiency, but it also adds some interesting new
commands.  This is a "prototype" version, so should be used with caution
(the DWC format will NOT be supported on this board at the moment, so
please do not upload files made with this utility).  Note, the EXE file is
self-extracting, and will produce a doc file.  Rahul also uploaded
SOURCE.DWC, the source code for DWC in DWC format, but it wouldn't extract
so I've been forced to erase it.  Anyone have a good copy?

CLIPAN06.ARC     2944  12-21-86  Clipper Autumn '86 Anomalies
U/L by Pete Olympia.

DBXRVU.ARC       4096  12-21-86  Review dBx db3 to C translator & other ideas
U/L by Pete Olympia.






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JUMPSRCH.ARC    25600  12-21-86  Complete JUMPSRCH files -- DOC, source, etc.
This archive has been updated to include complete documentation.

CK-AT.ARC        1664  12-21-86  Check AT compatibles for int 15 errors
U/L by John Redford.  A program to validate PC-AT extended memory usage on
compatibles.

TELX112A.ARC   115969  12-21-86  \ TELIX v1.12 10/29/86 Small, capable \ EXE
TELX112B.ARC    57308  12-21-86  / communications program/Fast/Ymodem  / DOC
U/L by Loren Olson.   Basically, 3 changes noted in the update docs: (1)
The crash problem has finally been fixed (?); (2) Some additions to the
host mode, including the ability to shut it down remotely; (3) A new files
dir routine which shows transfer times, or the option to run your favorite
external dir program.
Many of you have reported the mysterious crashitis with earlier versions of
Telix.  It will be interesting to see if this version really does have that
one licked (I'm a bad candidate to test that problem as the program seems
to like me and runs quite solidly).  Beyond that, Telix has been reviewed
here several times before -- it's a small, fast, capable comm program.

HISTRY11.ARC    13312  12-20-86  Command history recall/C source v1.1 12/18/86
U/L and written by Mike Rubenstein.  An excellent command recall program.
For further info, see review of CMDHIST.ARC below (which was version 1.0).
Changes in 1.1:

- Function keys 1-5 have been implemented in a manner much more consistent
with the standard MSDOS function keys.

- If supplied by the calling program, the buffer line may be used.  This
allows use of the function keys in the few programs (such as EDLIN) which
are designed for use of the keys.

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BENCH4.ARC     244694  12-20-86  PC Mag Benchmark Series Release 4 (10/86)
This is the latest revision of PC Mag's excellent series of benchmarking
tests for the PC & AT, dated 10-18-86, but only recently made available
(see discussion in 1-13-87 issue of the magazine).  The major change in
this release is the new hard disk test.  PC Mag has abandoned the Core disk
test in favor of 2 new ones.  The first, like the Core test, uses BIOS
calls and will not work on disks that are loaded via device drivers. The
second uses standard DOS calls, should work on any disk, and avoids size
limitations, according to the magazine.
All of the other tests are here as well, including CPU, memory, printer and
monitor tests.  This is an excellent collection, well worth having if you
do serious comparison of systems or fine tuning of system performance.
NOTE: Unlike the "Programming Utilities," PC Mag has repeatedly made it
clear that it encourages free distribution of the benchmark programs,
including posting on other BBS systems in addition to PC Mag's own (from
which these tests came, at an agonizing 1200 baud!).

MEMVAR.ARC      21504  12-20-86  A. Schulman desc of DB3 int. fmt of num/date
U/L by Bob Hicks.

BROWSE86.ARC    21504  12-20-86  DEMO! browse/clpr Aut86 - crippled>40 rec
U/L by Bob Hicks.  That's too bad.  The author has gone and crippled this
one; it won't work on files with more than 40 records.  See instead
CLBROWS2.ARC, based on an earlier release by Van Tassell, but modified by
another author.  This demo will not be on the system long.

PBUF114.ARC     27648  12-20-86  Resident print buffer w/ASM. v1.14, 12/17/86
U/L by Jack Kilday.  A minor change to the instruction screen format.

WAKEPBBS.ARC   127754  12-20-86  A Public Domain Packet-based BBS/no source
U/L by John "Have you had your HAM today?" DeCarlo.  10/6/85 version of a
BBS system for packet radio nets.  Sure would save on the phone bills, huh?
Won't be on the system long, so grab it if you want it.

[12-19-86]

DB3COLOR.ARC     2816  12-19-86  dB3/3+ program to set colors
"Allows the use of english descriptions to set dBASE III and dBASE III Plus
screen and data colors."  U/L by Bill Baer.







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MAKMYDAY.ARC    95232  12-19-86  Cal/Sched, Time Logs, Expenses/non-res 2.0
" MakeMyDay!  is a complete computerized Time Management system for the IBM
PC family of computers.  It is an Appointment Calendar, a Job Scheduler, a
Time Log and an Expense Account Manager.  It can be used to keep track of
all of these things for one person, or for several people.  It makes use of
your line printer to produce all the worksheets and printed reports you
need to organize your business and personal schedule.  "

Alas, it all sounds better than it is.  Though the program is capable
enough (and I'm sure as heck not saying I could do any better!), it's a
whole lot of keystrokes to do anything with this program, and to me, that
defeats its purpose.  This kind of program is either easy and fast to use
or it won't succeed in getting you to keep these kinds of records
conscientiously.  This one wouldn't do it for me.  The fact that you can't
generate a report of your appointments to the screen, but only to the
printer, is also, to me, a significant omission.  In short, this one didn't
make my day.

[12-18-86]

MH1214A.ARC    127872  12-18-86  Mankin's MiniHost BBS system 12/14/86
U/L by Melvyn Douglas.  Hmm ... too many minor updates to this program too
often are getting to be a problem here.  The latest changes:
                                 12-14-86
                                 --------
                    Fixed upload file description bug.
             Enabled downloading .MH files when SYSOP=caller.

RMAP.ARC         4096  12-18-86  Memory-resident memory map program v3.00/COM
U/L by Tom Drinkard.  Modeled after Kokkonen's MAPMEM program, this one was
written in ASM (source not included unfortunately) and provides much the
same info.  The difference is that it is mem-res so you can pop it up
(ctrl-esc is the hotkey combo) at anytime to see what's sitting in memory.
It swallows about 9K itself.

QDUPS1-0.ARC    41984  12-18-86  Display and mark/delete duplicate files
U/L by Vern Buerg.  A very powerful and useful utility, this one will
search across multiple drives for duplicate files and then present you with
the opportunity to delete selectively those dupes.  The program is
reasonably fast and easy to use.  No real doc, but adequate on-line help
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AHED07.ARC      56320  12-18-86  Ad Hoc Editor v0.7, 10/18/86 by M.A.Covington
U/L by Bob Weinstein.  A good text editor which combines WS and PE commands
and features word wrap, auto-indent, the ability to handle large files and
line lengths of 32,767 characters.  Plus, the whole program is one, less
than 64K com file.  Latest changes:

                            NEW IN VERSION 0.7
Fast vertical scrolling, without the jumbled effect that occurred in
earlier versions.  Correct handling of files that lack a final end-of-file
mark.

CV_FIX.ARC       3072  12-18-86  Official Microsoft CodeView patches/11/20/86
U/L by Ray Moon.

FLOCHRT3.ARC    93184  12-18-86  FlowCharter for Programmers v1.93 5/1/85
U/L by Carl Bower.  A very good programmer's flow chart tool. Version 1.9
was on this system.  This is version 1.93 and there's no doc telling what
has changed (indeed, the full doc is from an even earlier version).

SMALLCOM.ARC     1408  12-18-86  Very Small Command Processor w/asm/com files
U/L by Bill Gibson.  No doc.

DP12.ARC        20480  12-18-86  DataPath 1.2 / Path enhancer w/ASM source
U/L by Bill Gibson.  An excellent path enhancer to help DOS find overlays,
data files etc. across subdirectories.  This one comes with complete ASM
source and excellent documentation.  Latest changes:

            Version 1.2 - October 9, 1986 - Add /H switch.  Improve
                          memory resident check for compatability with
                          other GDC memory resident utilities.

TDRAW204.ARC    73728  12-18-86  Color Screen Image Text Editor v2.04,11/28/86
U/L by Bob Weinstein.  Pretty minor changes to THEDRAW, one of my personal
favorites of the ansi editors on this system.  If you create color screens
for BBS', etc., this one is worth a look.

[12-17-86]

CLBROWS2.ARC    11747  12-17-86  Clipper BROWSE.PRG v2/w edit memo fields
A revision to Van Tassell's BROWSE program by another author.  Revision
dated 11/14/86, J.D.  Taylor, add an edit window for memo fields.  EXE file
uploaded but deleted to save space, so you'll need Clipper (W85 or later)
to compile. U/L by Bobby Mangoba.







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WCONTEXT.ARC    30585  12-17-86  Convert to/fr WS-WP-PCW-PE-ASC /TP source 1.0
A fairly rudimentary word processor conversion program, from/to Wordstar,
Word Perfect, PC Write, Personal Editor and Ascii.  Maybe someone will make
it better -- the Turbo Pascal source is included.  v1.0, 10/86.

SCR21E.ARC      35156  12-17-86  Screen Editor 2.1E/BATCH/Clipper/dB/QB/Cobol
A fairly powerful screen image editor that makes screens for use in batch
files (a program to display them is included) and also interfaces with
Clipper, dBIII+, QuickBASIC and Cobol (Cobol????).

USR9600.ARC      7695  12-17-86  Info from USR on Courier HST 9600 bps modem
Info on the 9600 bps offerring from US Robotics.  It all sounds good, but
it won't talk to any of the other 9600 bps modems and amost none of them
talk to each other either.  Standards, standards, standards!  If these guys
want to all get together in a room and hash this out, I'll personally
organize a letter writing campaign to help them get any necessary antitrust
exemption quickly!

[12-16-86]

Note: BATTOOLS.ARC, the grab-bag archive I use to collect miscellaneous
little batch file tools, has been updated with some files sent by Len
Hatfield in a similarly miscellaneous collection (and not new) called
BATCHER.ARC.

PCCTRL.ARC      24078  12-16-86  PC-CONTROL v1.0 multi-function utility
Nothing all that special here, but combines quite a few functions found in
other small programs, including show mem free, show addresses of ports,
swap ports, sound an alarm or a beep, change cursor size, set border color,
and turn caps and numlock on/off.  There's a mistake in the menu (ADD and
MEM are switched) but that won't cause you any trouble. U/L by Loren Olson.

MH1208.ARC     127360  12-16-86  Mankin's MiniHost BBS system 12/08/86
Fixes a bug in Xmodem Checksum.  For more on MiniHost, see MH1130B.ARC
review below. U/L by Melvin Douglas.







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PATCH32.ARC     89539  12-16-86  Patches for DOS 3.2
These have been circulating BBS systems for some time under various names,
such as DOS32NEW, but this is the first time I've seen the arc with all the
normal files IBM includes, giving reason to think this one is complete.
None of the patches is major -- they deal with somewhat obscure bugs in
BASICA, COMMAND.COM, DISKCOPY and XCOPY that you'd probably never run into
in normal use, but here they are so you'll have them if you need them. U/L
by Bill Andrus.  NOTE: If you have any notion that this is a free way to
get DOS 3.2, forget it.  None of the files here will run unless you already
have a bootable DOS 3.2 disk (the "hidden" system files are NOT included).

BANKBOOK.ARC    80330  12-16-86  Allowance/Passbook savings manager for kids
Had any luck getting your kids to open up a savings account and put some of
their allowance in it?  Maybe this program will help make saving more fun.
Don't forget to run the setup program first or it won't work.  U/L by David
Geerinck.

XMORE.ARC       14104  12-16-86  eXpanded MORE utility 1.1 /Excellent
Compared to the Unix 'more' command, DOS' counterpart is a disgrace. This
program goes a long way toward making up the deficiency and is probably the
best of the DOS more extensions I have seen.  It is fast, compact and
capable.  It acts both as a page-by-page type command and as a filter. It
has decent search capabilities, and can display Wordstar files as if they
were plain ascii (redirect the output to a file and you've done a
WS-to-ascii conversion).  The command line syntax is very good: XMORE *.DOC
*.TXT READ.ME works, and you'll proceed through the files in the order they
are found.  Curiously, the files must be in your current dir; neither other
drives nor subdirs are supported with one limited exception: XMORE <
\TEST\HELLO.TXT will work; XMORE \TEST\HELLO.TXT won't.  Finally, you can
call up your editor at any time from within a document, edit, exit, and
proceed with your viewing. [The default editor must be called EDIT but I
patched my EXE file to look for PE instead with debug.]  NOTE: If you have
DoubleDOS and RAW loaded, you're in trouble with this program -- it won't
always take input.  Some other programs are like that, a bit of a mystery.
Neither DDOS nor RAW alone cause the problem. U/L by Ed Johnson.

TT097.ARC       61946  12-16-86  Turbo-Term,v0.97,small/fast/Qmodem-like comm
The major advantage of Turbo-Term is size and speed.  By no means as
capable as recent versions of Qmodem (and a far cry from Qmodem 2.4 which
is due ADN/RSN), this subset may be all you need.  For some reason, this
one remains perpetually in beta state and shows up without any
documentation, but if you know Qmodem, you know TT.  Minor changes in this
release, according to Ed Johnson, who U/L the file.







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KBLOCK3.ARC     27648  12-16-86  Password based keyboard padlock v3 w/ASM
v3, 12/5/86." This program, when installed and activated via its "hot" key,
will lock up the keyboard requiring the user to re-activate the program and
enter a password to unlock the keyboard.  While the keyboard is locked,
programs will continue to run normally on your PC (assuming, of course,
that the program does not require any keyboard input)." ASM source
included. U/L and written by Richard Byrne.

CAPUNLCK.ARC     1024  12-16-86  MemRes CapsLck monitor-Shf turns CapLck Off!
A TSR that checks for the press of either shift key.  If you press either
with Caps Lock on, the next character you press (after you release the
shift key) will be lower case and the Caps Lock will be shifted off.  iT
SHOULD KEEP YOU FROM TYPING SENTENCES LIKE THIS, o.k.?  U/L by John Dove.

LBLIER18.ARC    44800  12-16-86  Labelier 1.8-Disk labels-Configable,clonable!
An excellent, very pretty disk label program.  The latest changes:

Version 1.7   27 November 1986
              Fixed the printer select algorithm is select EPSON values
                whenever an EPSON clone is selected.
              Added more printers.
              Added context sensitive help in all areas.

Version 1.8   12 December 1986
              Added the ability to edit the label with the Home, End and
                 Arrow keys, Ctrl-Arrow keys, Ins and Del.
U/L and written by John Dove.

BXD21.ARC       27648  12-16-86  Brand-X Debugger - more functons than others
***ERASED***:  If this isn't a hack job on IBM's Full Screen Debug program
(FSDEBUG), I'll eat a silicon chip.

DIRED15.ARC     64768  12-16-86  Edit/Sort DOS directories v1.50 P.R. Fletcher
The same as DIREDIT4 (described below) except that the rename function has
been fixed. U/L by James Bach.

KERNEL.ARC      25600  12-16-86  Multitasking kernel from DDJ with C source
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GUDLUK27.ARC    63360  12-16-86  GoodLook 2.7-File compare-side by side!
GoodLook is a side by side (actually, one on top of the other) file compare
program to find differences in ASCII files, particularly in source code
programs.  It displays the two files one over the other, with the compared
lines together in the middle.  There is a "find next mismatch" function key
to locate the next spot where the lines are different.  A very useful and
increasingly powerful program.  The latest changes:

2.6   Fixed the color option so that it shows the colors as they are
         installed.
      Changed the Color option to Configuration option since it there are
         several option to change.
      Added a direct to video write routine to speed up the display when
         scrolling by 10 lines and when displaying help screens.
2.7   Released immediately to fix a bug in the display function:  it would
         display only file 1 in both windows after a search.
U/L and written by John Dove.

[12-15-86]

ORDER.ARC        9728  12-15-86  Put directory in any order/speed access 2.1
U/L by Loren Olson.  Pretty easy to use, allows you to re-order the entries
in a subdirectory (including root) in pretty much any order you wish. Not
as sophisticated as DIREDIT4 (see below) but smaller and less complicated.

FCON200D.ARC    44544  12-15-86  Fansi-CONsole 2.00D DEV & HST 12/13/86
U/L by Loren Olson.
2.00D   12/13/86        FCONSOLE.DEV Commercial Version
        Fix FANSI-CLICKREP to not repeat shift/lock clicks.
        Fix FANSI-RECALL set to zero causing hanging.
        Fix so lock status lights on 386 work.
        Fix enhanced mode scroll of nonleft justified area. (Freelance)
        Fix number of mode F&10 pages when FANSI-DBLROWS is set. (Freelance)
        Fix to preserve AX across INT 10H, AH=13H. (Freelance)
        Fix so that does not examine next line when no parameters.
        Fix to not hang waiting for vertical retrace on autoswitch EGAs.
        Fix KPNM to be effective.
        Fix SNOW to not cause boundary exception (INT 0D) on some ATs.
        Add NOHERC.PCH for Corona's and others which hang on OUTs to 3BF.

ARC also contains patches for the IBM MODE command.







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FLICK21.ARC     81664  12-15-86  Cmd file processor/graphics presentations 2.1
U/L by Tony Rood.  " The FLICKER program is a graphics command processor.
Its primary function is to provide a means for creating sequences of images
and sound that may be used for store displays, for instruction, or for
business (or other) presentations.  In its current form, the program does
contain limited facilities for creation of image files.  These features
augment the basic display functions to create interesting effects not
possible in most "slideshow" presentation systems."

DOODLE.ARC      11136  12-15-86  Drawing pgm (for kids) with C source
U/L by Tony Rood.  As the name implies, a rather simple doodling program to
allow kids (of all ages) to just scribble on the screen.  Code is Lattice
C, 3.00.

SUPERBAS.ARC    10496  12-15-86  ASM windowing routines for BASICA/subset
U/L by Tony Rood. A small subset of what you supposedly get when you
register, the arc contains a compiled library of windowing routines that
can be called from BASICA (not from compiled basic, I gather) and a demo
program showing their use.

EZGRAF.ARC      51584  12-15-86  Easy pie, bar, line graphs; curvefitting too
U/L by Tony Rood.  A nice package for drawing graphs of the types listed.
The graphs can also be saved to disk in BSAVE format.  Easy to use and
colorful.  NOTE: The name of the program is actually QUIKGRAF, but it's by
another author and quite different from the business graphics program in
QUIKGRAF.ARC.

SETDIR2.ARC     13056  12-15-86  V2.0 - Use to restore current dir w/asm/doc
U/L by Bill Gibson.  "SETDIR sets the environment string 'CURDIR' with the
current directory.  Once this has been done it is very simple to restore
the current directory after it has been changed by some other program.
This technique has distinct advantages over other techniques that create
files (CD >CURDIR.FIL) or modify the interupt vector (PUSHDIR/POPDIR from
PC magazine and/or PC OUTLINE).  It is much faster, creates no files,
cannot be impacted by programs that modify the interrupt vector, and
requires only one very small (<512 byte) program."   Nicely done and with
complete source provided.

DB-TCOMM.ARC     9216  12-15-86  DBASEIII+ com interface, tested with TCOMM
U/L by Jan Vandereyk.  Routines to allow dB III+ to be used remotely via
modem.  Designed as a TCOMM (a commercial BBS package) door, the source
code is included and could likely be modified for other BBS systems and
comm programs.







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PCKR151A.ARC    37888  12-15-86  PCKERMIT.EXE v1.51a 12/7/86/restores ints
U/L and written by Jan Vandereyk.  The latest version of this excellent DOS
Kermit implementation that can be shelled to or executed from other
programs.  This version was compiled with MS-C 4.0 and a new version of the
Greenleaf comm library (2.0) which reportedly does a better job of
restoring interrupts on exit.

[12-14-86]

PCSTAT11.ARC     4096  12-14-86  Report dsk util/mem free v1.1. Small/Fast
U/L by Jack Kilday.  Gives total disk capacity, space used and free, total
memory and amount free, DOS version, disk label and verify status.  For
some reason, it's slightly underestimating memory free on both machines
on which I've tried it.

EXPUNGE.ARC      6144  12-14-86  Menu-driven del/copy routine Small/Fast
U/L by Jack Kilday.  A subset of more sophisticated sweep utilities (like
Qfiler), this allows you to tag multiple files for copy or erasure.
Limited in functions, it's also limited in size, so if this is all you need
sometimes ...

REALSI.ARC      18432  12-14-86  Realia's Public Domain CPU & memory benchmark
U/L by Mike Focke.  Very similar to Norton's SI (System Info) program, this
one gives slightly more realistic (lower) results.

AMORTC.ARC      31488  12-14-86  Amortization functions in C
U/L by Steve Pribut. Based on some old PC Sig files.

EXPCOPY.ARC     18432  12-14-86  Use with EXPANDIR/ Copy/move files + comment
U/L by Philip Stults.  Designed to work with EXPANDIR (on this system in
XPNDIR.ARC), this program will copy or move files between directories while
correctly handling the descriptive information contained in the file
EXPANDIR.DAT.

8X6.ARC          3072  12-14-86  80 by 60 Screens with EGA
U/L by Philip Stults.

PBUF113.ARC     26624  12-14-86  Resident Print Buffer v.1.13/ASM/12-13-86
U/L by Philip Stults.  This really doesn't look to be the world's best
print spooler (for example, it can only handle LPT1), but the ASM source is
included and the authors are clearly still hard at work (versions seem to
be coming out VERY frequently).

READWK1.ARC      4096  12-14-86  TPascal to read 123 v2.0 & 1.A files
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PCPSCRIP.ARC    22528  12-14-86  PC-Pursuit / Procomm 2.4x Auto Menu +
U/L by Philip Stults.  ProComm 2.4 Command file to dial PC Pursuit numbers.
Demonstrates menu building, branching on user input, etc.

PC-LOANS.ARC    57092  12-14-86  Loan analysis includes rule of 78 (payoff)
U/L by Bob Schniebolk.  Doesn't look to be a new program at all (from 1984
in fact), but the first time it has surfaced here and looks pretty decent.

DIREDIT4.ARC    66161  12-14-86  Edit/Sort DOS directories v1.40 P.R. Fletcher
By the author of HDTST273, and like that program, very powerful and a bit
frightening.  Allows you to manipulate the order of files in your subdirs
pretty much at will, in addition to the normal sort orders of by filename,
etc.  The idea of all of this is to get your most frequently used files up
to the start of the dir where they'll be found more quickly.  This may be
taking being a speed freak one step too far.  A bit complex to use, but
that's a function of the program's power.  Not for beginners.

EZTICKLE.ARC    50614  12-14-86  EZ-TICKLE 1.0/Reminder/To-Do-Lists/Not mem-res
I still haven't found the tickle program I want.  This one's not bad,
but...  The strength of the program is the ease with which you can schedule
recurring events (e.g. pay the mortgage on the 14th of every month, meet
with Trudie at 4 p.m. every Thursday afternoon (ahem), etc.).  The major
weaknesses of the program are speed of screen updates and report generation
(slow.....) and relatively clumsy search capabilities.

[12-13-86]

ROREADER.ARC    12800  12-13-86  TP pgm to read & write R/O files
U/L by Charles Frankle.

JUMPSRCH.ARC    17664  12-13-86  Intersting new search algorithm-TPascal
U/L by Charles Frankle.  A doc file would have been nice, as the code isn't
all that heavily commented.

CONFIG.ARC      17408  12-13-86  CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT text by Barry Simon
U/L by Bob Weinstein.  Anything by Barry Simon, one of the CTRLALT,
STACKEY, & BIGECHO authors, is worth a look, and this text file has some
nice tips on your critical startup files.

LQ800.ARC        3072  12-13-86  Mem-res setup util for Epson's LQ800 printer
U/L by Bob Weinstein.

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TIM_TMPL.ARC    12288  12-12-86  Timecard template for 123/WK1 & SCN, 11/24/86
U/L by Bob Weinstein. Track time spent by employees.







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STACKEY2.ARC   107375  12-12-86  Pass commands to programs fr .BAT/[P]CED v2.0
                       12-12-86  Better than KEY-FAKE/FAKEY by CTRLALT folks
                       12-12-86  Complete ASM source/indispensable/get it!
U/L by Tom Drinkard.  I cannot begin to do this program justice within the
space constraints of this bulletin.  KEY-FAKE by PC Mag was good; FAKEY by
the SEA folks was much better; STACKEY 1.0 was better still; STACKEY v2.0
is just short of amazing.  I'm opposed as a matter of religious principle
to typing one more keystroke than is necessary when operating a computer.
By carefully building batch files or CED/PCED synonyms, STACKEY lets you
put a series of keystrokes into the program automatically for you everytime
it loads.  The program is easy to use, now has on-line help, and the
complete assembler source is provided.  The documentation for this release
has grown substantially, and it contains a wealth of useful info that
extends well beyond the program itself.  Some of the other new features in
v2.0:
            - Color support on the CGA including borders, background in
               medium resolution graphics and palette change
            - Color support on the EGA both temporary color changes and
               changes to permanent palettes when used in conjunction
               with a program that moves the permanent palettes to RAM
            - A separate program that moves the permanent palettes to RAM
            - A utilities mode that allows you to switch monitors, ports,
               cursor size, mode and 25 vs 43 lines.  Variable beeps and
               a command to wait from .05 seconds to 30 minutes before
               resuming
            - Possibility to dump the screen to a file or printer at some
               point in the middle of a BATch file
            - The equivalent of DOS' pause but without a message (so you
               can supply your own) with the possibility of having the
               <Enter> key alone accepted or of having the BATch file
               aborted under a Y/N choice
            - Modes to handle programs that flush the buffer after every
               keystroke

All of the above features have been added at the cost of approximately 100
bytes of memory usage, a truly remarkable achievement.

NOTE: There's a small mistake in the sample batch file provided to load
REFLEX on a CGA -- the :CGA label is missing.  I don't want to tamper with
the author's work so I've left it as is; you should have little trouble
finding the error, and it sure is nice to have Reflex come up in color and
load the file you specified on the command line, all while you just marvel
at STACKEY doing the work for you.







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QWIK21.ARC      36905  12-12-86  Fast Screen Writes/Turbo Pascal 12/09/86 v2.1
These routines seem to be undergoing lots of revisions, but the changes
aren't trivial and the code is excellent.  The latest:

        Version 2.1 (12-09-86):
           Added QwriteLV for partial string writing.
           Added interrupt enable in QwritesDisp and QfillsDisp at
              the end of writing in the vertical band for color.
           Fixed bug in QstoresToScr to access other segments.
           Modified Qdemo.pas for MDA and any column mode.
           Added Qbench.pas to check speed on your own system.

[12-11-86]

MH1130B.ARC    127616  12-11-86  Mankin's Mini BBS system 11/30/86
U/L by Jim Longworth.  MiniHost falls somewhere in between a full fledged
BBS (a la RBBS or PCBoard) and simpler remote access to your PC programs
(the best of which is JAXHOST).  If you want just a few people to access a
computer remotely for rudimentary messaging and file transfers (xmodem and
xmodem crc -- no ymodem), then this may be your program.  It's quite easy
to setup and maintain.  It is also revised VERY frequently, with seemingly
quite minor changes.

PCGAZ110.ARC    76800  12-11-86  PC GAZETTE "magazine" Dec. issue (light read)
U/L by David Geerinck.  A light read, indeed.  Sigh.







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EDWIN15B.ARC   122880  12-11-86  Kokkonen's Fast WS-like editor v1.5B/Excellent
U/L by Spence LLoyd.  A winner -- some wonderful new features in this
version of Edwin.  To start:

"EDWIN is a programmer's editor based on the Borland Editor Toolbox.  It
offers multiple editing windows and buffers, block moves between windows,
undeletion, online help, Pascal structure editing, macro record and
playback, DOS invocation from the editor, and file size limited only by
available RAM."

But EDWIN is more than just a programmer's editor, including such features
as paragraph reform and word wrap not found in many others.  There are just
too many changes in this release to even try to summarize them here -- the
editor is vastly improved and it was already very good.  One feature of
note that I've just never seen before:  Edwin allows you to customize the
command set.  By default, it's similar to WS and the Turbo Pascal editor.
But, when you change it (I always change them to be more like PE II), the
on-line help file is automatically changed to match the new commands you
have chosen.  That's a marvelous touch, and one I wish IBM would emulate
for PE.  Other new features are faster screen displays, a wonderful Zoom
mode for windowed files,  a much better status line display, improved
documentation (though still the weak link), default loading of a macro
file, and a pretty fair number of bug fixes.

In short, this is an excellent editor and well worth a look if you don't
already have one to which you are addicted.

TEXTCN13.ARC    41984  12-11-86  TEXTCON 1.3 Converts ascii to word procs 11/30
U/L by John Jenkins.  A generalized pre-processor that improves the task of
importing ascii files into almost any word processor.  Very well done and
useful.

CONTEXT.ARC     18560  12-11-86  Pgmr's util-hlps edit cmpilr found errors
U/L by Tony Rood.  Allows you to use almost any editor (so it claims) with
error files generated by a compiler to locate quickly the place in the code
where the error occurred.

[12-10-86]

ENVI.ARC         9216  12-10-86  Environment control in Turbo Pascal/Brendel
Some routines by Karl Brendel, author of QFONEDIT, for using the
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ANALY21A.ARC   222052  12-10-86  \ AnalytiCalc Spreadsheet & Integrator \ EXE
ANALY21B.ARC   183832  12-10-86  / v21-02A 320K non-overlay version     / SUP
Holy #%&!.  Not a small package this, and although the arcs are (I think)
complete in terms of the spreadsheet program itself, there are, I gather,
other files that make up the complete 3 disk set that is sent out by the
authors.  This will do, thanks.  As best I can tell after a pretty brief
look, this contains most of the normal spreadsheet functions and then some,
but is not particularly user-friendly.  Provision is made for importing and
exporting data from/to other programs, and an "integration" ability is
claimed, but my limited look at the program just didn't involve exploration
of that feature.  Feedback on this one from others who really do explore
it is very welcome.  U/L by John "Thanks for the file, guy" DeCarlo.

ASM_MAC.ARC      6144  12-10-86  Assembly Lang. macros,equates, & structures
U/L and written by Raymond Moon, dated 12/10/86.

ACCTSYS3.ARC   126976  12-10-86  Home Accounting/Budget System v2.3 last shware
This is the "Consolidated Home Accounting System", v2.3, 11/28/86.  v2.23
was on this system previously.  Changes:

  "[C]orrects several small mistakes in the program and provides the
following additional features:
     * Improved handling of color monitors.
     * Ability to turn beeper on or off.
     * Ability to select screen colors. (very Important for Hercules
       Mono Graphics Cards.)
     * Automatic sensing of monitor selection. (Mono or Color)."

This is one of the better, more than just a checkbook manager, programs on
this system, with solid accounting and asset recordkeeping capabilities.
Version 2.3 is the last shareware release; 3.0 will be commercial (and of
course, the authors describe and invite you to purchase 3.0 in the READ.ME
in this arc). U/L by David Geerinck.







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SORTS14.ARC      9472  12-10-86  A multi-key record sorting util by Bill Parke
"SORTS ...  will sort records from files larger than 64K in size, with tens
of thousands of records (depending on the memory in the computer), sorting
on an arbitrary set of key fields selected in any order.  Record lengths
can be variable, with up to 255 characters in each.  The sorting keys can
be from one to 255 characters long, taken from columns in the records in
any order.  Often used key-column orders can be saved within SORTS and
recalled by a single letter name.  Any part or parts of the key can be
selected for reverse order sorting."   I have a lot of batch files that are
built around Vern Buerg's SORTF program and that one meets my needs, but
this program also looks powerful and fast.  Furthermore, anything by Bill
Parke is worth a look, so I'd encourage you to do so. U/L by Stan Levine.

QBX206.ARC      51968  12-10-86  Excellent QuickBASIC xref util v2.06/V. Buerg
Speaking of Vern, a few additional corrections to QBX, THE QuickBASIC
cross-reference utility:

        2.06, 12/06/86
          - fix incorrect statment numbers in xref after labels
          - remove duplicate references

UNIXLINK.ARC    15917  12-10-86  UNIX to DOS comm link/compile on both/simple
Pretty primitive stuff, but when you're in a desert, anything wet looks
good to drink.  Rudimentary file transfer program for Unix <--> DOS.  Also,
stuffed in this arc is a util that allows you to copy a DOS file on your A:
drive (I assume this must be an AT they're talking about as the Unix
systems I use don't have A: drives) to the Unix partition.  Neither program
tested. U/L by Andrew Seidel.

NDMAKE41.ARC    48371  12-10-86  Unix-like MAKE for DOS C programmers v4.1
An update to the best of the DOS MAKE programs.  No indication in the docs
as to what has changed since 4.0, which was a major revision.  Bugs fixed?
NOTE: The TOUCH program by the same author was not, apparently, revised for
this version so I've split it off into its own archive, NDTOUCH2.ARC.







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POPEDIT2.ARC    45193  12-10-86  Create your own popup screens v2.0/v. good
Not bad at all, but damn, this is another example of a program that would
be many times more valuable if the source code were included.  Sigh.
Anyway, allows you to design your own mem-res COM files that will popup a
screen.  Both a small and a large screen are supported, taking roughly 3.5
and 7K respectively of memory.  You can load more than one of these COM
files at a time, and they'll be presented in the order you loaded them as
the hot-key is repeatedly invoked.  Screen colors for the screens can be
set.  The only drawback is the very rudimentary editing capability in the
POPEDIT program itself for designing the screens.  If source had been
provided, that limitation could have easily been overcome.  Sigh again.

[12-09-86]

LONGINT.ARC      5120  12-09-86  32 bit Turbo integers/functions/procs 12/86
An include library of procedures and functions for 32-bit integers in Turbo
Pascal.  U/L and written by David Seidman.

MDIR.ARC        36992  12-09-86  Memory Resident Dir w ASM/supports 2 monitors
MDIR is a small, memory resident dir program.  MDIR gives both an
"automatic" mode, where the current directory is shown sorted
alphabetically, and a "command line" mode, where MDIR will "screen" files
(like the DOS DIR command does), and display the file list with your choice
of sort mechanism (by date/time, name, extension, unsorted).This routine
takes about 14k of memory when installed.  This routine will put the
directory on the "alternate" screen if two monitors are available.  ASM
source included. U/L by Michael Pechnyo.

SBAT.ARC        18432  12-09-86  Interactive preprocessing sys for BAT files
Provides an enhancement to the DOS batch file processor.  An input file is
preprocessed to prompt the user and incorporate their responses into the
into the .BAT file in a very flexible way.  The values accepted can be any
string and can be substituted anywhere in the .BAT file, not only as
arguments but as labels or control statements.  The same response may be
substituted into the .BAT file at as many points as you like.  U/L by Tony
Rood.

MAX-MENU.ARC    22784  12-09-86  BATch cmd driver/menu system v1.1F
Egads -- yet ANOTHER menu program.  Untested but it looks rather simple and
no competition for programs like AutoMaxx. U/L by Tony Rood.







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MOVBASV4.ARC    17470  12-09-86  Move BASICA to clones,v4 w/ASM source/loaders
MOVBASIC allows you to run IBM's BASICA on a non-IBM clone.  Contains v3 of
MOVBASIC (which had already been on this system) and some new loaders to
deal with problems some apparently had been having with certain clones (not
me).  ASM source for both MOVBASIC itself and the new loaders is included.
COMMENT:  Here we go again.  There's nothing illegal, immoral or fattening,
to the best of my knowledge, about these programs themselves, but they can
certainly be used improperly.  I do not wish to encourage the latter by
posting these files, but as one who has used MOVBASIC lawfully on my own
machines and found it useful, the files are posted with the expectation
that you will only do the same.  In addition, the ASM source is downright
good and valuable in its own right.  U/L by Don Udel.

HDPREP21.ARC    98643  12-09-86  General lo lev fmt & HD-HD backup/UNTESTED !!
There is NO way that I'm going to test low level format programs, folks, so
download and use at your own risk.  This is an update to one that
was already on the system (v2.1 versus 1.0) but that was only determined by
dumping the EXE file -- it showed up with no DOC at all, so I took the
documentation from the earlier arc.  It also showed up without the hard
disk to hard disk backup program by the same author so that, too, has been
taken from the earlier arc and included. U/L by Bob Shuck.

HDSOURCE.ARC    96256  12-09-86  HD diags w/GREAT disk-oriented .ASM sources
Contains the complete ASM source for the HDAT v2.1 advanced diagnostics and
low-level format programs already on this system.  U/L by Jack Kilday, and
I'll happily take Jack's word for the fact that the ASM is "great". Jack
speaks ASM -- I'm still struggling with English.

ZIPPHONE.ARC   254976  12-09-86  Area code & local xchange vs ZIP xref by AT&T
Few of us would describe AT&T as the patron saint of BBS systems,
especially those who run up obscene monthly bills calling around long
distance.  But, lo and behold, they have contributed a truly valuable
program here.  Type in an area code and the first 3 digits of a phone
number and bingo, this program gives you all matching ZIP codes.  The
reverse works as well, plus many similar look up functions.  The EXE file
itself is small -- what makes this ARC so large are the data files, and
understandably so.  Sysops doing registration of new users will immediately
perceive the value of this program (enough said, huh?).  I suspect there
are quite a few other uses as well.  U/L by Jack Kilday.







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QWIK20.ARC      31258  12-09-86  Fast Screen Writes/Turbo Pascal 2.0 11/24/86
A susbstantial update to a good set of Turbo write routines:

        Version 2.0 (11-24-86):
           Complete revision for global access to paging, retrace, and
              segment address.  Permits formats in any column mode (40
              80,120, or whatever).
           Changed Qfill and Qattr for easier Row-by-Column blocks.
           Added QfillC and QattrC for self-centering.
           Added two page utilities.
           Added two screen memory transfer utilities for Row-by-Column
              blocks.
           Increased speed of Qfill with attribute on CGA by 65%   .

PCL12.ARC       57963  12-09-86  PC-Label 1.2 8/24/86: Repetitive label maker
A close call on whether to post this as the EXE file is obscenely large for
what it does (a function of dear old QuickBASIC, I'm afraid).  The program
prints the same label over and over again, and allows you to print more
than 1 across the page.  That's about it, but it happened to be useful to
me in one application (filling out some gummed labels) and it may be to you
as well.  By the way, I found it easier to use LPT2DSK to capture the
output of this program to disk first, check it, make any changes, and then
print it externally.

FAKEFL31.ARC    28978  12-09-86  Create 0K/No cluster files/block uplds/v3.1 TP
Sysops will quickly understand what this program can do: By creating a 0K
file, you can block an upload by the same name -- the caller will be told
the file already exists.  Typically, I've used COPY CON: to create 1-byte
files for this purpose, but they take up 2K on the hard disk due to DOS's
minimum file allocation scheme.  Files created with FAKEFILE take up NO
space on disk; no clusters are allocated to the file at all.  Yet, it's a
normal DOS file that you erase just like any other, and it doesn't seem to
bother CHKDSK at all.  I had an earlier version of this program in the
SUPPORT conference, but as it is useful to non-PCBoard sysops and, perhaps,
to non-sysops, I've put this update in the main board.  The Turbo Pascal
source for the program is also included in the arc.







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FBUCKS.ARC     165888  12-09-86  FastBucks Checkbook/Home Budget Manager & more
From the docs, an edited (and expurgated) summary of features:

         --- completely menu driven.
         --- avoids the use of accounting language and "computerese".
         --- automatically creates files and updates them.  It is not
    necessary for the user to ever remember or assign a file name.
         --- supports up to 25 each checking,savings, and charge
    accounts, and one cash sheet.
         --- complete transaction editing is available ....
         --- supports 32 printers ....
         --- has a recursive budget model ....
         --- has a financial calculation section that allows user to
    calculate item depreciation, savings and loan information...
         --- has a complete Loan amortization generator.

The data files are non-ascii, promoting compactness and speed but also
making them relatively inaccessible to other programs.  Looks to be a good,
complete package.  U/L by David Geerinck.

[12-08-86]

LISTFPO.ARC      9472  12-08-86  Emulates dBASE "LIST FILES" cmd in DOS 12/7/86
"LISTFPO allows you to display the databases on a given disk or
subdirectory, the number of records in each database and the date the
database was last updated.  In short, it works like dBASE's "LIST FILE"
command, except that you don't need dBASE to get those information --
LISTFPO is normally run while you're in DOS."

Another winner U/L and written by Pete Olympia.  Where Pete finds time to
run an excellent BBS, write some of the best dBase utils, maintain the best
BBS list (RBBS-xxx.ARC on this system) AND earn a living is a complete
mystery to me.  And then there are little things like family, friends ....

AMAXX233.ARC    76347  12-08-86  AUTOMAXX Menu System/PC Manager v2.33 12/1/86
U/L by Paul Gorski. No update notes.  See review of v2.30 posted here just
2 days ago (sheesh!).







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CMDHIST.ARC     12288  12-08-86  Command history recall/C source v1.0 12/86
U/L and written by Mike Rubenstein.  "HISTORY is a history processing
terminate and stay resident program.  It provides the ability to recall and
edit previous commands and allows much more sophisticated editing than is
found in the normal MSDOS system.  HISTORY includes a search mechanism to
handle relatively large histories.  HISTORY requires about 4700 bytes of
memory plus whatever is required for the history storage."   As a PCED
user, which provides command history and other functions (and, of course,
thus uses more memory), this is not a program I'll be able to use, but it
looks excellent and full source code is also provided.

[12-07-86]

DBNDXPO2.ARC    11330  12-07-86  List NDX exprn all db2/db3/Clipr/Foxb on disk
U/L and written by Pete Olympia.  DBNDXPO allows you to display the index
expressions of all dBASE II, dBASE III, Clipper and FoxBase+ index files on
your disk.  Ouput may be redirected to any DOS device, including a file or
a printer.  12/07/86 - Version 2 Entirely rewritten in C.  Makes it much
smaller & faster.  In addition to dB2, dB3, & Clipper, now handles FoxBase+
index as well (both NDX and IDX files)

FIX-EKB.ARC      2048  12-07-86  Enhanced keyboard w/older vers of DesqView
U/L by Lyle Smith.

SYSREQ.ARC       3072  12-07-86  Usq AT Sys Req key as one-finger pause key
U/L by Lyle Smith.  Well, at least here's something to do with the AT's SYS
REQ key (it's so useless otherwise you may not even recognize the name --
check the upper right hand corner of your numeric keypay -- ahah!  there's
the little bugger).  ASM source for the program is included.  NOTE TO
DOUBLEDOS ((c) SoftHEADED Solutions) USERS:  SYS REQ (without this program)
is identical to Alt-Esc, the default switch key for DDOS.  Yup, you got it
-- a one-finger change partitions command.  Thanks to Paul Kopit for this
tip.

DDJ-OS-C.ARC    71434  12-07-86  \ Allen Holub's (DDJ) collection of \ SOURCE
DDJ-OS-X.ARC   131501  12-07-86  / unixy utilities -- useful C code  / EXE
REMOVED:  Probably not public domain.

SNAP173.ARC    109568  12-07-86  dBaseII/III documentation system 1.73 10/10/86
U/L by Bob Hicks.  An excellent dB add-on program which has been reviewed
here several times before.  No update notes for this revision so it's safe
to assume the changes are limited to minor bug fixes.







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[12-06-86]

SUPR104.ARC      2048  12-06-86  Suppress colors on mono monitor w/CGA v1.04
U/L by Bob Hicks.  I really don't have the right hardware configuration to
test this properly, but it seemed to work on a Compaq-composite type screen
which is not exactly what it's intended for.  See also BWVID13 for a
program that performs the same task (better?).

FEDTAX86.ARC    34816  12-06-86  Fed Tax 1986 worksheet/1-2-3 Rel 2 only
U/L by Tanya Metaksa. This was uploaded while I was away on vacation and I
erased it when Lotus refused to load it as an invalid worksheet.  Silly me
-- I still use Rel 1A and I've subsequently been told this is for Rel 2
only.  OK --- untested.

PICUTIL.ARC     90112  12-06-86  Converts dr HaloII to PCPaint+ to MSpaint
U/L by Nevin Dubin.

LITEBA31.ARC     5120  12-06-86  R. Freeland's db3+ fast litebar techn, v3.1
U/L by Pete Olympia.  Hmm... lots of revisions to this one lately, but the
doc says this is the last shareware version.  Meaning it's going commercial
or it has stabilized?  Ahem.

TIME.ARC         6272  12-06-86  Schulman's pack time into db3+ date var
U/L by Pete Olympia.







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AMAXX230.ARC    82176  12-06-86  AUTOMAXX Menu System/PC Manager v2.30 11/8/86
U/L by Quang Truong.  AutoMaxx is one of the best of the menu managers on
this system.  In addition to the normal batch-file type menu functions,
AutoMaxx increasingly is becoming its own DOS shell/file manager so that
those functions are available within the menu system you design more or
less automatically.  Other changes for this release:

  "This revision gives the AUTOMAXX menu system a desk top display with
   menu windows.  A color install program is now available so that the
   each user can customize the screen colors.  The error handler has been
   improved and the system is more user friendly.  The 'whereis' file finding
   option has been changed to pause when the screen is full.  The other
   features remain essentially unchanged."

COMMENT:  This program has generated some controversy due to its initial
similarity to Marshall Magee's AUTOMENU program.  Indeed, the program now
shows up on Newhouse's Dirty Dozen list as a hacked program.  I disagree.
The author of AutoMaxx, William P. Smith, has made clear from the start
that AutoMaxx imitated some of the user-interface characteristics of
AutoMenu, but was written from scratch in another language (TP vs ASM).
While the programs started off very similar, AutoMaxx has continued to
evolve and added some useful capabilities.  Magee has taken AutoMenu
commercial so I simply don't know how that program has changed recently
(the last shareware version remains on this system in AUTOMENU.ARC).
        I happen not to be one of those who thinks it's necessarily a
copyright violation to imitate a program's interface.  But, this issue is
in litigation in a number of cases, including Crosstalk v. Mirror (grin).
If the courts end up deciding I'm wrong, I'll take another look at whether
AutoMaxx belongs on this system.  For now, I'm quite comfortable with it,
though I do recognize it's an issue where there's room for contrary opinion
(in short, good grief, I could be wrong!).

SETLIPS.ARC     23552  12-06-86  LIPS-10 Laser Printer Setup Program
U/L by Paul Gorski.







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TAX86-1.ARC     31744  12-06-86  \ AM-TAX 1986 Tax Preparation package
TAX86-2.ARC    105472  12-06-86  / BBS version prints draft return only
U/L by Fran Horvath.  Ho, ho, ho!  Merry Christmas and your tax forms are
due to arrive soon!  Yes, folks, the tax prep programs are starting to show
up on the BBS systems again.  It's that time.
        This one is really very good.  In the BBS version, you get almost
no documentation but I had this one up and running in a few minutes and
quickly figured out how it works.  It's very friendly and I particularly
like the way it takes you from the lines on the 1040 to the supporting
schedules.  Not all of the schedules in the full-fledged version are here,
and this BBS version will not print out a form that you can file with the
IRS, but it will print out a draft return and is otherwise complete enough
to give you both a usable program and an idea of what more the registered
version can do.  One complaint:  In a few places where you need to detail
an entry (e.g.  sales resulting in gains and losses on Sched D), there just
weren't enough lines for entry.  I don't know if the registered version
"corrects" this defect.

[12-05-86]

VMUSIC.ARC      17408  12-05-86  Play true 2/3 part harmony on PC
U/L by Tony Rood.  In general, my bias is that computers aren't for playing
music given the high-fidelity of the speaker (ahem), but this one does
pretty well with what's available to it.  A short-timer on this system, so
grab if you want it.

INPUT.ARC        3456  12-05-86  Input vbls to BATs (in env) -beats ANSWER
U/L by Tony Rood.  "INPUT is a batch file utility to get console input from
within a batch file.  There are several variants of this type of program in
the public domain.  A common type uses the ERRORLEVEL to pass a keyboard
response to a BAT file.  These type are limited to a single key transfer.
Another type, such as ANSWER, written by Frank Schweiger, prompts for a
console input, then puts the result into an Environment Variable.  INPUT is
of this type, but adds some refinement.  With INPUT, the response string is
set to upper case unless the 'bare' switch is used.  A linefeed is sent to
the console after the response to allow a following ECHO command.  In
addition, preceding and trailing blanks are removed in the default mode.
Another option lets the BAT file define the length of the string used in
the response." By William Parke, author of the excellents CATS program.







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LINPROG.ARC    177152  12-05-86  Linear Programming/complete but few docs
U/L by David Geerinck.  Sorry folks -- no description in the very scanty
docs of what this program does and it just isn't in my area.  More
documentation is apparently provided to registered users but the program is
supposedly usable without that documentation.  Not for a dummy in this area
like me, it isn't.

SELPSC13.ARC     4096  12-05-86  Selective Shift-PrtSc printing v1.3
U/L by Mike Miller.  Allows you to do a print screen of part of what is on
your screen, rather than all of it, a wonderful idea and well implemented
here.  Latest changes:
          -An illegal range can no longer be specified.
          -Block to be printed is highlighted as it is specified.
          -Bug when a printer error occurs has been fixed.

SCOPY.ARC        3072  12-05-86  Selective multi-file copy w/confirm v1.5
U/L by Mike Miller.  Simple enough.  Takes the normal DOS copy syntax,
including wildcards, etc. and then asks you to confirm each individual file
before the copy is actually done.  No competition for PCOPY or COPYTREE but
small and easy to use.

BOSDOC11.ARC    27648  12-05-86  \ Excellent C Windows Package - supports
BOSS1114.ARC   141312  12-05-86  / MS-C 3 & 4, CI C86, Lattice, & DLC 11/14/86
This package has been reviewed several times before (updates seem quite
frequent).  In short, it's excellent -- probably the best of the C
windowing packages on this system.  You get more if you register, but the
BBS version is full-featured and reasonably well documented.  This 11/14/86
revision didn't show up with the normal history file explaining the
changes, but one is apparent: Support for the Datalight C compiler has been
added to the package.  If you work with any of the supported compilers,
give this one a try.

[12-04-86]

REVW1186.ARC    40953  12-05-86  Bulletin 1's New File Comments Nov '86
Reviews of files added to the system in November (actually, through
12/4/86) have been collected in this archive and will be deleted from this
bulletin.

BORINT.ARC       3072  12-04-86  Fix Borland INT bugs v1.1 8/22/86
The problem is that the gurus at Borland often break all the rules to get
their programs to work.  If you're having problems with SuperKey, Turbo
Lightning or others on a compatible or under DOS 2.1, this program may
help. U/L by Jim Weddle.






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TF-BOOK.ARC     42985  12-04-86  Print out phone book from TELEFIND.ARC file
Program to take an ASCII file from the TF program and print a nice readable
phone directory suitable for use in a small loose-leaf notebook.  Also can
be used to print Rolodex cards.  The TF program is NOT included.  If you
don't already have this nice program, download TELEFIND.ARC.  U/L by
Kenneth Marks.

CRITMSC.ARC      5120  12-04-86  Critical error handler(int 24H) for MSC K.W.
Two functions that implement a simple critical error handler for Microsoft
C.  If a critical error occurs, the default DOS handler is called, which
will display the 'ABORT, RETRY, IGNORE' message and wait for a key to be
struck.  If retry or ignore are selected, then DOS does whatever it is it
supposed to do in that situation.  If, however, the user selects abort,
then control is returned to your program at the point where the call to
setup_crit was made.  Written and U/L by Kent Williams.

[12-03-86]

IBMAUX34.ARC     7168  12-03-86  Remote console capabilities for COM 1-4
Adds support for COM ports 3 and 4 to the already existing programs that
supported the "normal" DOS COM ports.  Echos remote activity to the local
screen -- that is, this is sort of an enhanced CTTY command.  No source.
U/L by Don Udel.

ROS34MS.ARC    122880  12-03-86  ROS 3.4 BBS port to DOS/TP source
TP source for a good BBS system that has been ported to DOS.  You also need
the Borland Database Toolbox. U/L by Tadas Osmolskis.

ISSUE30.ARC      5120  12-03-86  Micro Cornucopia source for issue 30
ISSUE31.ARC     11264  12-03-86  Micro Cornucopia source for issue 31
ISSUE32.ARC     16384  12-03-86  Micro Cornucopia source for issue 32
ISSUE33.ARC     22528  12-03-86  Micro Cornucopia source for issue 33
A grab bag of goodies from recent issues of the magazine from the Micro-C
BBS. U/L by Tadas Osmolskis.

PKHELP.ARC       3072  12-03-86  Pop-Up help for PKARC & PKXARC
Kurt Schelin's QHELP program modified to be pop-up help for Katz's arc
utils instead.  Source code not included. U/L by John Stanton.







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[12-02-86]

TEXTCHEK.ARC    43008  12-02-86  WS util checks unpaired chars, space errors
Catches the following 2 common errors in a WS file:  (1) Makes sure that
characters that should occur in pairs, like certain control characters,
quotes, parentheses, and brackets, actually do.  (2) Flags incorrect use of
spaces in text, such as extra spaces between words and inconsistent numbers
of spaces between sentences.  U/L by Arnie Kuzmack.

[12-01-86]

PCEDITOR.ARC    24576  12-01-86  PC Editor -- easy to use editor for PC
Another better than Edlin (but what isn't?) full-screen editor for the PC,
but no competition for Qedit or Edwin except that it's much smaller and
perhaps easier to use.  A few unique features in this one that may
make it worth a look. U/L by Loren Olson.

CONV120.ARC      8192  12-01-86  Converts various graphics file formats
Converts various graphics file formats to others.  Separate programs for
each format supported.  U/L by Jay Guitan.

BASDLX.ARC      16000  12-01-86  Deluxe library of Func. for Compiled BASIC
A nice set of functions, in CALLable LIB form, for QB 2.0 or the similar,
but overpriced, IBM version (ahem).  v.1.1.  U/L and written by Gustavo
Verdun.

======================

For reviews of files added to the system during November, download
REVW1186.ARC.

======================






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                                     INDEX




121V10  .ARC       7          DB-TCOMM.ARC      24          FLOCHRT3.ARC      19
8X6     .ARC      25          DB3COLOR.ARC      17          FREE2   .ARC       9
A8618UP .ARC      12          DB3TIPS3.ARC       9          GUDLUK27.ARC      23
ACCTSYS3.ARC      31          DBA0187 .ARC      10          GUDLUK28.ARC      13
ADVBAS28.ARC       6          DBNDXPO2.ARC      37          HDPREP21.ARC      34
AHED07  .ARC      19          DBXRVU  .ARC      15          HDSOURCE.ARC      34
ALTER2  .ARC       5          DCWHERE .ARC       3          HISTRY11.ARC      16
AMAXX230.ARC      39          DDJ-OS-C.ARC      37          IBMAT6MB.ARC      12
AMAXX233.ARC      36          DDJ-OS-X.ARC      37          IBMAUX34.ARC      42
AMORTC  .ARC      25          DDTIME  .ARC      15          IGNIT14 .ARC      12
ANALY21A.ARC      31          DEEZINE .ARC      14          INCRBACK.ARC       9
ANALY21B.ARC      31          DIRED15 .ARC      22          INPUT   .ARC      40
ARCUNIX2.FQX       6          DIREDIT4.ARC      26          ISSUE30 .ARC      42
ASM_MAC .ARC      31          DIRNLY11.ARC      12          ISSUE31 .ARC      42
AUTOSAVE.ARC      15          DM21    .ARC      14          ISSUE32 .ARC      42
BANKBOOK.ARC      21          DMA     .ARC       3          ISSUE33 .ARC      42
BASDLX  .ARC      43          DOODLE  .ARC      24          JUMPSRCH.ARC  16, 26
BASTIPS3.ARC       9          DOS31BUG.ARC      14          KBLOCK3 .ARC      22
BB515   .ARC      10          DOSTIPS5.ARC      13          KERNEL  .ARC      22
BENCH4  .ARC      17          DP12    .ARC      19          LBLIER18.ARC      22
BORINT  .ARC      41          DSZ1222 .ARC       5          LINPROG .ARC      41
BOSDOC11.ARC      41          DWC-A   .EXE      15          LIST569B.ARC       3
BOSS1114.ARC      41          EDIR100 .ARC      15          LISTFPO .ARC      36
BROWSE86.ARC      17          EDWIN15B.ARC      30          LITEBA31.ARC      38
BXD21   .ARC      22          ELMUPDT1.ARC       3          LONGINT .ARC      33
CAPUNLCK.ARC      22          ELMUPDT2.ARC       3          LQ800   .ARC      26
CBT     .ARC      11          ELMUPDT3.ARC       3          LTSTIPS6.ARC       9
CDD100  .ARC       7          EMS_REPT.ARC       4          MAKMYDAY.ARC      18
CK-AT   .ARC      16          ENVI    .ARC      30          MASTER  .ARC       8
CLBROWS2.ARC      19          EXPCOPY .ARC      25          MAX-MENU.ARC      33
CLIPAN06.ARC      15          EXPUNGE .ARC      25          MDIR    .ARC      33
CLIPTIPS.ARC       3          EZGRAF  .ARC      24          MEMSUM31.ARC      11
CMDHIST .ARC      37          EZTICKLE.ARC      26          MEMVAR  .ARC      17
CONFIG  .ARC      26          FAKEFL31.ARC      35          MH1130B .ARC      29
CONTEXT .ARC      30          FASTCHK2.ARC      12          MH1208  .ARC      20
CONV120 .ARC      43          FBUCKS  .ARC      36          MH1214A .ARC      18
CONV125 .ARC       9          FCON200D.ARC      23          MH1217  .ARC      12
CPRINT43.ARC       7          FEDTAX86.ARC      38          MH1227A .ARC       4
CRITMSC .ARC      42          FIX-EKB .ARC      37          MOVBASV4.ARC      34
CV_FIX  .ARC      19          FLICK21 .ARC      24          MRE     .ARC      13





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NDMAKE41.ARC      32          ROS34MS .ARC      42          WAKEPBBS.ARC      17
NRU     .ARC       3          RZSZ1ET2.ARC       9          WCONTEXT.ARC      20
ODASST  .ARC       1          SBAT    .ARC      33          WORLD2  .ARC      13
OMEGA   .ARC       2          SCOPY   .ARC      41          WORLDTIM.ARC      10
ORDER   .ARC      23          SCR21E  .ARC      20          WP42MSA .ARC      15
PATCH32 .ARC      21          SELPSC13.ARC      41          WSTIPS3 .ARC       9
PBUF113 .ARC      25          SETDIR2 .ARC      24          XMORE   .ARC      21
PBUF114 .ARC      17          SETLIPS .ARC      39          ZIPPHONE.ARC      34
PC-KD322.ARC       4          SETNOW0 .ARC       9
PC-KDLIB.ARC       4          SMALLCOM.ARC      19
PC-LOANS.ARC      26          SNAP173 .ARC      37
PCCTRL  .ARC      20          SOLVE-IT.ARC       6
PCEDITOR.ARC      43          SORTS14 .ARC      32
PCGAZ110.ARC      29          SQSHINFO.DOC       7
PCKR151A.ARC      25          STACKEY2.ARC      28
PCL12   .ARC      35          SUPERBAS.ARC      24
PCLAB2  .ARC       9          SUPR104 .ARC      38
PCO323  .ARC       2          SYORG10 .ARC       1
PCPSCRIP.ARC      26          SYSREQ  .ARC      37
PCSTAT11.ARC      25          TAX86-1 .ARC      40
PCSTAT2 .ARC      10          TAX86-2 .ARC      40
PIBASY42.ARC       8          TAXPLAN4.ARC       1
PICUTIL .ARC      38          TDRAW204.ARC      19
PKHELP  .ARC      42          TELX112A.ARC      16
PKX34A20.COM      14          TELX112B.ARC      16
PMCS12  .ARC       8          TEMPDOOM.ARC       4
POPEDIT2.ARC      33          TEXTCHEK.ARC      43
PSET29  .ARC       8          TEXTCN13.ARC      30
PSSAMORT.ARC      12          TF-BOOK .ARC      42
QBX206  .ARC      32          THRASHER.ARC      11
QDUPS1-0.ARC      18          TIM_TMPL.ARC      27
QWIK20  .ARC      35          TIME    .ARC      38
QWIK21  .ARC      29          TT097   .ARC      21
READWK1 .ARC      25          TURBODGI.ARC       9
REALSI  .ARC      25          TURBTIP1.ARC       9
RESLOG  .ARC       5          UNIXLINK.ARC      32
RESPRO  .ARC       5          UPDATE53.ARC      10
REVW1186.ARC      41          USR9600 .ARC      20
RH-MAN  .ARC      11          VANILLA .ARC      10
RLLHINTS.ARC       8          VERBACK .ARC       8
RMAP    .ARC      18          VMUSIC  .ARC      40
ROREADER.ARC      26          WAITIL  .ARC       9